I was so inspired by this i just picked up 3 to run my feeds. what a great little set up can't wait for them to arrive in the mail... also got the same sound card you are using so that i know it will work with no messing around.

my 3 came in and im just waiting for the sound cards to get here they are in the mail... and 2 more radios also in the mail. hopefully for the end of the week so i can start playing around with them.

I was wondering if you might be able to send me some sort of step by step instructions so things run smooth the first time. if not i have a bit of linux knowledge and can figure things out just thought i might be able to learn from your experience.

Has anyone played with the Dream Plug yet? I just got mine last week, haven't had much of a chance to do anything with it yet. The one thing I *did* notice was that the soundcard was not addressed as /dev/dsp, or maybe the /dev/dsp device is not created by default.

I have a few different plugs - only one currently solid is the SheevaPlug. The GuruPlugs have issues getting the right kernels on them (mainly because i haven't had time to hack on them).

The DreamPlug should be more straightforward and the fact that it has built-in audio is nice. Since it is a mic input some attention will need to be paid to attenuating or strictly controlling the audio input level.

I have a whole instruction of how to set up a sheeva plug from my tech guy, but he is a tech guy and i need to edit out some swearing i have done it twice and following these steps work for me i will get it on here in a couple mins of editing...

As for setup from a new sheva plug if memory serves you need to do the following:

1)After boot you need to first fix DHCPedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.confand comment out (IE add a # to supersede domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;) so you should see # supersede domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;restart

2) you now need to fix some screwed up permissions for your var files Edit /etc/rc.localand add the following lines:

save and exityou now need to run the script you just saved by entering:./rc.local

after it runs enter dpkg-reconfigure tzdatato setup time so apt-get will work correctly

reboot for fun

3) you now need to fix apt-get as they screwed up the distro IPedit /etc/hostschange the IP the have for ports.ubuntu.com to 91.189.92.175 ie it should read127.0.0.1 localhost91.189.92.175 ports.ubuntu.com

reboot

4)now you need to update apt-get and install some other stuff

run:apt-get update

then run:apt-get install man

then run:apt-get install wget

then run:apt-get install darkice

5)now you need to update the os to something that actually understands the USB audio devices

this MUST be done via the USB cable and NOT via IP SSH, so install the relivant drivers and log into the device via serial terminal

5a)first you need to fix another screwup edit/etc/sysctl.d/10-process-security.conffind the line that says:vm.mmap_min_addr #####and set the #### to 32768 save exit reboot

now enter:./README-PLUG-UPDATE.shits going to spit out:Use ./README-PLUG-UPDATE.sh VERSION --nandkernel to write kernel to NANDOr ./README-PLUG-UPDATE.sh VERSION --rootkernel to write kernel to /boot

you want to go to http://sheeva.with-linux.com/sheeva/ and find the most up to date version (at the time it is 2.6.38.7)also you want to use the NAND kernal so if 2.6.38.7 is still the most up todate you want to enter:./README-PLUG-UPDATE.sh 2.6.38.7 --nandkernel

DON'T reboot yet, read next step fully

5c)Read steps before proceeding past this point, if you screw this up you could brick the plug

reboot,because you are NOT on SSH but using TTY and the serial usb cable you will be presented with the bios boot screen, during the boot process there is an option to interrupt boot, interrupt it but hitting the "any" key DOH!!!!! enter:setenv mainlineLinux yes

then enter:setenv arcNumber 2097

then enter:printenv bootargs

you now want to write down the locations of the NAND partitions and make sure they jive with the next step

PAY ATTENTION to the nand blocks, if the numbers are different from the above text and what you got from the bootargs, USE THE ADDRESSES YOU GOT FROM "printenv bootargs" paying attention to proper syntax, also remember this is TTY so you can backspace but you cant use the mouse or arrow keys to move the cursor, you need to enter it right the first time, NO TYPOS a single missed space or number change has the potential to brick the plug.

if you are successful after you hit enter nothing should happen it should just jump to the next line

5d)enter:saveenv

enter:reset

if all is well it should boot into the OS with the new kernle if it doesn't have a drink and find something else to do.

6)next config darkice

go to /etcenter:nano darkice.cfg

enter the data from the config file you were given

Done, now make the deamon and cron job

7)

so what you want to do is take the below file and put it in /etc/init.d you can do this by going to /etc/init.d and then entering nano rc.darkice then paste the attached script(ask dave for this script or i have it just PM me), save/exitthen you need to change the permissions on the file so the system can open it so go chmod 0750 /etc/init.d/rc.darkice

you now need to update the startup scripts to use the darkice startup file do this by entering (while in /etc/init.d)update-rc.d rc.darkice defaults 99

reboot the machine, and it "should" now auto start darkice

Now to adding a cronjob that "should" auto restart darkice if it goes down

enter crontab -e the first time its run the comp should ask what editor you want to use I suggest nano.

after nano has opend you will be presented with a text file with some instructions, at the bottom of these paste: